NOTE: Younger kids will need help writing words, transferring them to the story and reading the Mad Libs out loud. Try completing the story as a group first, then let them complete their own. Younger kids can also work with a partner to create their Mad Lib.

MEMORY VERSE

MEMORY VERSEDuring this time introduce your eGroup kids to the series virtue and memory verse. Spend time teaching and practicing the memory verse.

SUGGESTED TIME
5-8 MINUTES

SUPPLIES
NONE

SAY: “Welcome to eGroup! My name is _______ and I’m your eGroup leader! As an eGroup we will hang out together during Motion, hear stories from the Bible, learn what it means to live for Jesus, and play games!

We are in a series called Hollywood Highlight Reel 3. In Hollywood Highlight Reel 3, we’ll enter The Vault and check out some classic movies each weekend. We will look at reelhonesty and how to be truthful in whatever we say and do. Today we will learn when you lie to help yourself, you hurt yourself.

The Bible talks about the importance of honesty to God. When anyone believes in Jesus, they are a new creation – the old has gone and the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5:17) As a new creation, we choose to live in ways which make us more like Jesus. Sharing, obeying our leaders, loving people – these are a few ways we become more like Jesus. Our series memory verse says when we follow Jesus and do not lie to each other, we are becoming more like Jesus, too. Let’s learn Colossians 3:9-10 to remind us how important being honest is to God.”

DO: Practice the memory verse with kids. You can use the following methods to help kids learn the memory verse:

REPEAT AFTER ME: Have kids repeat the words after you.

PAIR UP: After practicing the verse as a group, have kids pair up to practice the verse.

MOTIONS: Come up with motions to help remember the verse as a group. Practice it together.

DROP A BEAT: Put the verse to a beat as you say it together. You can do this by clapping, patting your legs, stomping, or any combination to make a beat.

Don’t lie to one another, since you have taken off your old selfwith its practices and have put on the new self, whichis being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.Colossians 3:9-10 (NIV)

STOP: TRANSITION TO LARGE GROUP

GROW: LIGHTS

LIES DON’T HELP, THEY HURTDISCUSSION ACTIVITY: During Grow: Lights you’ll shine a light on the main point for the day. Kids will connect the theme of honesty to the movie clip and will connect how honesty applies to their lives. They will also connect with each other.

SUGGESTED TIME8-10 MINUTES

SUPPLIESLEGOS (4 BAGS OF 20), LEADER SHEET

SAY: “The government agent, Kent Mansley, isn’t honest with Hogarth and his mom about the reason he is really hanging around town. He is trying to find the giant robot and help himself so he could be promoted. But the lie he told to help himself ends up hurting himself and others. Let’s talk about the movie and what we can learn from it.”

DO:

Split kids into four groups.

They will first introduce themselves to each other, then answer the questions together. Allow time to share after each question is asked.

Questions:

What did government agent Kent say and do that was not honest? (He wanted to find the giant robot, but didn’t tell Hogarth and his mom the real reason why he was there. He was sneaking around and following Hogarth to try to find the giant. He tricked Hogarth so he could find the giant.)

How could the lies government agent Kent told hurt himself? (When he gets caught in the lie he will not get promoted. His co-workers won’t trust him in the future. No one will want to work with him.)

Have you ever seen someone who lied and hurt themselves instead? (Examples: Lied to get out of trouble but only got in more trouble. Tried to sneak a cookie at lunch instead of paying for it and got caught.)

How do you think God feels when we lie? (God wants us to live honest lives. He knows it helps and protects us when we tell the truth.)

SAY: “When we lie or do things which are not honest in order to help ourselves, we end up hurting ourselves. We should try to remember this when we have the choice to lie or not lie. I am going to read some scenarios about kids who have a choice to lie to help themselves or not. With each scenario you will follow my instructions to build a tower of honesty with your group. The goal is to have the tallest tower by the end of discussion time.”

DO: Give each group a bag of legos. Follow instructions on the leader sheet. Have kids put the legos back in the bag before moving to the next activity.

GROW: CAMERA

ADAM AND EVE | GENESIS 3BIBLE STORY ACTIVITY: During the second part of Grow: Camera kids will learn what the Bible says about honesty. Kids will help act out a story to illustrate what the Bible taught.

SAY: “Today, our Bible story comes from Genesis. The Bible story stars are a man and a woman named Adam and Eve. In the beginning, Adam and Eve could go anywhere they wanted, but God told them not to eat from a certain tree in the garden. But the serpent came to them and lied. He told them they would be like God if they ate from this tree. What did Adam and Eve do? Did they choose to act in an honest way? I’ll need your help to tell the rest of the story.”

DO:

Assign four kids to play different roles in the story: Adam, Eve, the serpent, and God. The rest of the eGroup will be audience members who will interact with the story. The eGroup leader is the Narrator.

If you do not have enough kids in your eGroup to play the different roles, have kids play more than one role.

Read the Bible Story Script and have kids act out the Bible story using the prop cards.

After the Bible Story:SAY: “Everyone in this story was hurt by the serpent’s lie. He hurt himself, because God punished him for lying to Adam and Eve. God also punished Adam and Eve for disobeying His word. They thought they were helping themselves, but only ended up hurting themselves. When we lie, we not only hurt ourselves, but we can hurt the people around us even if we don’t mean to. We should always try our best to be honest, because honesty is important to God.”

GROW: ACTION

BUILD A BOTPRAYER AND GAME ACTIVITY: Prayer is an important way to share Jesus with passion. Spend time in prayer with your eGroup before beginning the game.

DO: Take prayer requests and write them down in your eKidz prayer journal so you can pray for your eGroup kids during the week. Encourage kids to share one or two prayer requests. Invite kids to pray with you if they want.

SUGGESTED PRAYER: ““Dear God, thank You for loving us. Thank You for teaching us how important honesty is to You, and showing us when we lie, we hurt ourselves. Please help us to obey You and choose to be honest in our lives. We love You. In Jesus’ name, amen.”

SAY: “In the movie, Hogarth found a giant robot from space! Whenever the robot was damaged he could quickly rebuild himself. Today, we’re going to make robot creations from legos. The team who can rebuild the robot creation the fastest wins each round!”

DO:

Divide kids up into four teams and give each team a bag of legos to build their robot creations.

Give each team a robot creation sheet.

Have teams work together to build BOT 1 using the legos.

NOTE: Suggest different kids be the “builder” and “robot part finder” each round.

When a team is finished rebuilding, have them bring you their BOT 1.

If it is not correct have them rebuild the robot creation.

NOTE: BOTS may different sizes depending on legos used. Not all groups will have exactly the same legos. As long as the BOT is similar to the image on the sheet, count it.

The first team to rebuild the robot creation correctly wins a point!

Have teams break apart BOT 1 and start fresh each round. No working ahead!

Repeat for BOT 2, BOT 3 and BOT 4 on the sheet. Kids will play a total of four rounds.

After all rounds have been played, the team with the most points wins!

BRING IT! CHALLENGE

THE BRING IT! CHALLENGE WILL BE COMPLETED IN LARGE GROUP.

OVERVIEW: During Hollywood Highlight Reel 3 kids will receive a snack from the concession stand each weekend for bringing their Bible. On the last weekend of the series, November 7/8, kids who recite the series memory verse will receive a box of candy and soda.

TIME5-6 MINUTES

SUPPLIESMEMORY VERSE CARD

SAY: “During Hollywood Highlight Reel 3 you will get rewarded for bringing your Bible each week! Bringing your Bible to Motion is important because we read and learn from it every weekend! Who has their Bible today? (Celebrate kids who have their Bibles.) Whenever you bring your Bible during the series you’ll get an extra movie snack!”

DO: Explain to kids that once the movie starts, the host will call each eGroup one at a time. All kids who have their Bible will bring it to the concession stand to redeem an extra movie snack.

SAY: “Who remembers the memory verse we practiced earlier? (Allow kids to respond.) If you say the series memory verse, Colossians 3:9-10, NEXT WEEKEND, November 7/8, you will get a box of movie candy and a drink!”

DO: Give VIP kids/kids new to series a memory verse card so they can practice at home. Tell them to place the card next to their bed, on their bathroom mirror, or on their kitchen table to help remind them be honest each and every day and learn Colossians 3:9-10. If the kid has a Bible, have them place it in their Bible so the card will make it home and not be lost.